MCU15/0095 & REC15/0022 PM Submission object - Tania Lacey

Code Objective                       Developer's   Assessment       Objectors'      Assessment

visual amenity and                   S80.2 Complies                 this document      the Buildings,
streetscape character; c)            Refer Appendix A, Tanker       structures, driveways, tanks and fuel
provide adequate separation          plan.                          bowsers are NOT sited to c) provide
to adjoining land uses; and                                         adequate separation to uses; and d)
d) not cause an                                                     not cause an environmental          nuisance
environmental       nuisance to                                     to the adjacent School
neighbouring       properties

083 The associated sale of           083 Complies                   Does not Comply
goods, including foodstuffs,         The associated sale of good    The Applicants assertion is
is ancillary to the service          will remain ancillary to the   unsubstantiated       and misleading in the
station use.                         service station use.           extreme. This assertion is simply
                                                                    designed to play down and hide the
                                                                    true nature of this venture as a retail
                                                                    development.       Industry data shows
                                                                    that a service station without       a
                                                                    significant retail component        is an
                                                                    unviable business model.
                                                                    The Applicant acknowledges that the
                                                                    Shop component        is in total 197m',
                                                                    the majority,     if not all of which is
                                                                    available for retail use. The Applicant
                                                                    claims, although provides no
                                                                    justification   for its idle assertion, that
                                                                    the retail floor area is some 100m'
                                                                    This means that the gross floor area
                                                                    used for the associated retail sale of
                                                                    goods is more than 50% of the gross
                                                                    floor area available in the shop.

084 The layout of the site           584.1- S85.1 Not Applicable    Does not Comply
facilities and vehicular                                            The Applicant fails to address this
accesses result in                                                  Objective of the code. Vehicle access
unrestricted   vehicle access                                       to and egress from the site will be
to and egress from the site.                                        severely restricted     by existing vehicle
                                                                    and pedestrian traffic in the area.

085 The use of land for a            584.1- 585.1 Not Applicable    Does not Comply
service station-      a) does not                                   The Applicant fails to address this
impair traffic flow or road                                         Objective of the code.
safety; b) facilitates safe and                                     The proposed service station a) DOES
convenient     movement         to                                  impair traffic flow and road safety; b)
and from the site through                                           does NOT facilitate safe and
the design and arrangement                                          convenient      movement     to and from
of vehicular crossovers; and                                        the site through the design and




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